THE Contractors and General Workers Union (CGWU) are calling on the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) to ensure at least some of the arrears owed to their members as a result of completed collective bargaining agreements are paid in cash on or before December 22.

CGWU president general Ermine De Bique Meade made the call during a news conference at the union's office on Rushworth Street, San Fernando on December 4. She called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to intervene to ensure workers at the San Fernando City Corporation (SFCC), who are represented by the CGWU, receive the money due to them.

De Bique Meade also repeated her call to Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo to keep the promise he made when he presented the 2025/2026 budget in Parliament on October 13, that government will ratify agreements signed in April for the Teaching Service, TT Defence Force, Port of Spain and San Fernando City Corporations.